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    Photos show gun-toting, moped-riding crooks who snatched $300K in watches, jewelry from diners at swanky NYC eateries

    By Amanda Woods,

    3 days ago

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    New images show a pair of gun-toting crooks — and their female accomplice — wanted in a series of muggings outside swanky Big Apple eateries that netted them more than $300,000 in loot, police said Friday.

    The surveillance photos released by the NYPD shows one of the suspected thieves holding hands with a brunette woman in a black bra top and shorts who possibly acted as a lookout during some of the high-end heists, police said.

    Another shot shows a similar-looking woman in a white T-shirt and jeans holding hands with the same alleged robber, though the NYPD wasn’t immediately able to confirm she was the same person.

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    The series of armed stick-ups spanned from March to June, cops said. NYPD

    The lookout possibly helped out the duo in the most recent stick-up at around 7:45 p.m. on June 26 when one of the crooks pointed a gun at a Canadian tourist’s head and snatched his $40,000 Rolex watch on the restaurant-lined corner of MacDougal and Bleecker streets in Greenwich Village, cops said.

    The thief also grabbed an 18K gold bracelet valued at $2,000 from the 58-year-old victim before meeting a moped-riding accomplice in the middle of the street and hopping on board, cops and sources said.

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    The duo used a moped to make off with stolen jewelry and watches in several of the other six heists, which span back to March, police said.

    No injuries were reported in the series of high-end crimes, cops said.

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    The female lookout can be seen holding hands with one of the men sought by police. NYPD

    The priciest proceeds came on June 18, when the pair allegedly swiped a man’s $100,000 Patek Philippe timepiece outside the Greenwich Village hotspot Carbone around 8:45 p.m., according to cops.

    The crooks rolled up to a 39-year-old man in front of the eatery on Thompson Street near Bleecker Street, and one flashed a black gun before snatching the luxury watch, police said.

    On June 21, the bold-faced bandits stormed into the Williamsburg Chinese hotspot Birds of a Feather with a gun and demanded a $200 Seiko watch and phones from three men – two 27-year-olds and one 28-year-old – as they dined around 9:35 p.m., cops said.

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    The crooks also grabbed the victims’ iPhones, worth $1,000 each, before taking off on a moped, police said.

    The armed duo has also been linked to a $40,000 heist outside Marlow & Sons on Broadway near Berry Street in Williamsburg around 6:50 p.m. May 31, cops said.

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    In one robbery outside the Greenwich Village hotspot Carbone, the suspects made off with a $100,000 watch, cops said. NYPD
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    The suspects have also been linked to heists at Williamsburg restaurants Birds of a Feather and Marlow & Sons, cops said. NYPD

    Two men, 40 and 38, were dining when the callous pair snatched away the victims’ watches, valued at $35,000 and $5,000 – before fleeing on their moped, police said.

    In a terrifying May 24 robbery, three men – two 36-year-olds and one 37-year-old – were dining inside an establishment on West Broadway near West Houston Street in SoHo when the pair ambushed them, cops said.

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    One of the men put the oldest victim in a chokehold while the other flashed a silver gun and grabbed the victim’s watches, valued at $40,000, $35,000 and $8,500, police said.

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    The pair allegedly stole three watches from diners on West Broadway near West Houston Street in SoHo, cops said. NYPD

    The earliest theft came around 7:30 p.m. March 27 when the moped-riders held up a 33-year-old man on the Avenue of the Americas near West Houston Street in the South Village, cops said.

    They flashed a silver gun and snatched the victim’s watch, worth about $65,000, before taking off, police said.

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    Police were still looking for the duo on Friday. NYPD

    Anyone with information on the stick-ups is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

    The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ , or on X @NYPDTips.

    For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/

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